1105.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of these Regulations, certain words are defined as follows:
(a) "Building setback line" means the line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and building or any covered porch extending in front of the main foundation wall, not including steps.
(b) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer or other designated person or persons officially authorized to represent the City in this capacity.
(c) "Planning Commission" means the Planning Commission of Macedonia, Ohio.
(d) "Easements" means a grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose or purposes, of a strip or parcel of land to the general public, a corporation, or to a certain person or persons.
(Ord. 46-1962. Passed 8-16-62.)
(e) "Lot, sub-lot or in-lot" means a piece or parcel of land abutting on a street (with the exception that lots in a multiple family or planned unit development may be excluded, by Conditional Use Permit from the Planning Commission, from the requirement to abut a public street) whose area is sufficient to furnish an appropriate building site for the intended use in conformity with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and these Regulations and is shown in the final record plat.
(Ord. 69-1990. Passed 7-19-90.)
(f) "Out-lot or fractional lot" means a piece or parcel of land forming a part of the tract but being withheld and not intended as an in-lot but shown on the final plat record.
(g) "General Plan or Master Plan" means the comprehensive plan or a part thereof as adopted by the Planning Commission; providing recommendations for the location and development of major thoroughfares or local streets, public parks, building sites and utilities; and indicating other community objectives.
(h) "Land Use Plan" means the Zoning Ordinance until such a plan is developed and adopted.
(i) "Major Thoroughfare Plan" means the official plan of highways, primary and secondary thoroughfares and parkways, adopted by the Planning Commission, and including the proposed opening, widening or extension of any streets or roads as may have been declared necessary by Council in the public interest.
(j) "Park and Playground Plan" means the official plan of parks, playgrounds or other open public grounds, designated as such on the Land Use Plan adopted by the Planning Commission.
(k) "Collector street" means a street intended to serve and to provide access to neighborhoods or subneighborhoods.
(l) "Major street" means a street with the primary function to provide access to the community and/or to the major portions thereof.
(m) "Minor street" means any street not a highway, primary or secondary thoroughfare, parkway or collector streets and intended to serve and to provide access exclusively to the properties abutting thereon.
(n) "Private street" means a street which has not been accepted and confirmed by Council for public use.
(o) "Alley or service drive" means a passage or way affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general traffic circulation.
(p) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land.
(q) "Final plat" means the final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Commission and Council for approval, and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Recorder for recording.
(r) "Subdivision" means:
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two or more parcels, sites or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership; provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or
(2) The improvement of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures; the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants or leaseholders or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(s) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(t) "Subdivider" means a person, firm or corporation who has applied for approval of or has duly recorded a plat for the subdivision of a tract of land.
(u) "Architectural Board of Review" means a Board established by Council with the authority to exercise the powers and perform the duties provided in the enabling legislation creating such Board.
(v) "Preliminary Plan" means the preliminary drawings indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Commission for its approval. (Ord. 46-1962. Passed 8-17-62.)
(w) "Outdoor display" means the display of merchandise for sale in an outdoor area associated with a retail establishment that is open to the general public. The merchandise on display shall be removed from its shipping packaging and be representative of merchandise that is available for purchase inside the building and/or available for purchase by the general public directly from the outdoor display area. The outdoor display and storage of automobiles for sale or lease associated with an automobile dealership is excluded from this definition.
(x) "Outdoor Storage" means keeping, in an area outside of a building, any goods, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than twenty-four (24) hours except for merchandise placed in an area for outdoor display (see definition for "Outdoor Display"). Outdoor Storage includes waste material in containers except for incidental accessory trash receptacles which are excluded from this definition. Storage of automobiles for sale or lease associated with an automobile dealership is excluded from this definition.
(Ord. 65-1999. Passed 10-14-99.)